Chairman of Joint Chiefs coming to MN to honor ailing National Guard leader

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will take part in a ceremony for a cancer-stricken leader of the Minnesota National Guard. Thursday's End of Service Ceremony is for Army Lt. Col. Mark Weber, 41, who's fighting stage four gastrointestinal cancer.

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will take part in a ceremony for a cancer-stricken leader of the Minnesota National Guard. Thursday's End of Service Ceremony is for Army Lt. Col. Mark Weber, 41, who's fighting stage four gastrointestinal cancer.

Timothy Poe told the judges on "America's Got Talent" that he suffered a broken back and brain injuries during a grenade attack in Afghanistan. The Minnesota Army National Guard confirms Poe served for nine years. But there's no record of any injury.

Guard members are poised to return home from Kuwait with war efforts in the region winding down, but not before a visit from FOX News' Geraldo Rivera. The popular cable television host spoke with command staff and met an uncanny look-alike.

Hundreds of Minnesota National Guard troops who had their bonus payments summarily taken away during their year-long deployment to Iraq and Kuwait -- only to be restored by an act of Congress in May -- will now have to wait until after Oct. 1 for their money. U.S. Rep. John Kline says "our soldiers are frustrated and feel betrayed by their leadership" over the news.